From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"How did you feel about your first class?"

When William returned to the big office with the test results, Lupine raised his head from the information on the table and asked with a smile.

"Well, the foundation is very good - I can save a lot of energy this year."

"Look, Professor Lupin," William spread out the test results on the table, "this is their record of spell casting. Although it is a random check, the five spells are already very revealing."

As he spoke, he tapped another piece of parchment to arrange the results in an orderly manner, "All students can obtain barely passing grades in more than three spell assessments - you know, this is based on last year's results. Assessment standards set based on students’ average status at the end of the year.”

"We will arrange a practical lesson for them in the next class to see how they perform in actual combat. If they pass the test, we can consider appropriately modifying this year's course schedule."

The OWLs assessment for most subjects is divided into theoretical part and practical part. This group of students has been taught by Lu Ping for two years, and their practical strength is amazing. William has no intention of wasting the foundation laid by Lu Ping. Just follow the practical training. Later, the theory can be instilled in the paper, which is not a big problem.

"How's Harry doing?"

Lu Ping looked through the list and found that the part he was most concerned about was not there, and looked at William in confusion.

"Does he still need to take the exam? If he takes the exam directly now, he will probably get an O. I don't think many examiners will stump him in the practical part." William looked around and added after making sure there were no outsiders, " To be honest, if he had a duel with the examiner, based on his current level, I don’t think he would be the one to fall.”

"If this word gets out, he will definitely be in trouble during the assessment," Lu Ping shook his head with a smile, and added as if he remembered something, "By the way, today seems to be Professor Snape's first class..."

"No..."

William's mouth opened wide, "First class? How did it get here?"

"It's the first day of school. Not many professors like it, so you're not afraid of this."

Lu Ping spread his hands - any professor who has requirements for his courses does not like to attend classes on the first day of school. Students are easily distracted by the laxity accumulated during the holiday and the fatigue accumulated while making up homework.

So arranging the class schedule at this time is a technical job - either this class is a class with no pursuit, or the professor of this class is not worried about students being absent-minded at all.

William belongs to the latter - he has never seen a student dare to be distracted during a test that determines the number of homework assignments in the next period. After confinement, papers and homework, it is still invincible for now.

"Those students are miserable..."

Theoretically, the second period should be History of Magic, but in Professor Snape's course - William really didn't expect anyone to dare to sleep secretly.

——

"Why don't you take Divination, Hermione?"

When the students were exchanging the results of the test they had just taken and looking at their own class schedules, Ron couldn't help but complain.

His overall results were pretty good, and he was in a pretty good mood at the moment.

"Because I turned down the divination class that I thought was useless."

Hermione's response was a little temperamental - she was not satisfied with her performance in class at all, because she saw a lot of good on the record form, and the word good was unacceptable to her of.

Especially the fact that Harry became a teaching assistant made her feel a little uncomfortable.

She didn't like this feeling - she was being crushed in terms of academic performance alone, and the other person was obviously recognized by the professor...

Even though she still achieved the best results in the end, but...that feeling was always uncomfortable.

"I have to go to class," Hermione said, a little angry with herself, "I'll see you at lunch."

"What's wrong with her?"

Ron glanced at Hermione's running figure and shook his head in confusion.

"I think she's a little angry...but..."

Harry spread his hands - he couldn't figure out why Hermione was angry.

But they didn't have time to dwell on this problem. The next course was Snape's course. According to Harry's years of survival experience, if he was late, the college would lose a lot of points at once.

"Let's go and find out what happened at noon... I hope Snape won't accept the summer homework..."

Harry said with a bit of arrogance, and now he was also a bit worried - he knew very well what was going on with his homework and couldn't care about anything else.

——

The classroom for the divination class was originally on a high tower, but after the professor was changed, even the classroom was changed.

Snape packed up an empty classroom next to the original Potions classroom and decorated the entire room in the way he liked before the first class.

"It's almost like taking a Potions class."

Harry looked around the surroundings and complained - the smell of the potion in the next classroom that could not be eliminated in any way had already infected this place, even if Snape used incense-like incense in order to maintain the mystery of divination. The potion didn't help, the smell of the potion still lingered near everyone's nose.

The dim underground classroom was filled with candles. The light was not much better than that of the Potions classroom. There was a huge galaxy model placed at the front of the classroom, but even a student like Harry, who had almost zero divination talent, could see it. It came out as a tool to deceive newcomers - he didn't know what it was, but Professor William had taught him the identification of some common deception props.

There are all kinds of stickers on the walls, and they are all related to divination - but most of them predict scenes of death, injury, poisoning, or even being harmed by poisonous snakes or other creatures.

At first glance, it looked bluffing, but Harry couldn't hold back his complaints and whispered to Ron quietly: "Let me tell you, this place reminds me of something strange. I used to take a class about hiding. At that time, Professor William gave a very funny example. "

"Um?"

Ron felt a little uncomfortable - he didn't like the bloody pictures on the wall.

“The professor said that in order to make makeup a career, you have to figure out their habits and conduct in-depth investigations, rather than dressing up with an attitude and vision that I think I feel like this.”

"In the past, some wizards couldn't survive, so they would secretly pretend to be Muggle fortune tellers and set up stalls to perform fortune telling. But they didn't know what Muggle fortune tellers were like, and they were worried that their identity as wizards would be exposed, so they didn't dare They said those exaggerated things to scare people, and as a result, the business was much worse than that of Muggles. Later, they were forced to make a living, so they learned the pretentiousness of Muggles."

"Professor Trelawney?"

Ron didn't think of Snape, but instead thought of Professor Trelawney's death prophecy - he couldn't help but laugh, "You mean Snape is imitating Professor Trelawney's pretense?"

"Okay, it does look a bit like... I hope he won't show up wearing a chain later, it's really too similar..."

But both of them underestimated Snape.

When the current Divination professor appeared, everyone was shocked by his dress - Professor Snape's hair, which was difficult to see washed, was completely covered by the hood of the black cloak, and his face The upper half was also covered with black gauze, leaving only the chin and nose exposed.

The sleeves of the black cloak on his body were extremely short, exposing half of his arms, and a floating silver crystal ball floated beside him, giving off a faint light as he walked.

Harry had to admit that his previous understanding of Snape was too biased. If he didn't have the right height and size, it would be difficult for him to be sure that the wizard in front of him was Snape.

Fortunately, as soon as Snape spoke, all the feelings came back.

"You have been studying this course for two years so far. I have heard from Professor Trelawney that your grades are appallingly poor."

After all, I can only die once during a job, which is really not enough to satisfy her, Harry cursed inwardly.

"And this is the year of OWLs, and you are destined not to fall as low as in the past. I applied to the principal for the professorship of this course."

"Divination..." Snape sighed with emotion. The crystal ball gave off a gentle light, making everyone focus on him. "It reveals the future that you are willing and unwilling to accept, and it also foreshadows those huge things." The details before the changes come..."

What Snape said was so good - it made Harry wonder whether his job was potions. In other words, Professor Trelawney taught Divination not because she was suitable for Divination, but because of the other professors. They all have other jobs.

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"Gu~~!"

A very polite owl knocked at the window of the large office. William stood up, looked at it, then opened the window, let it in, and untied the letter.

After giving it a small portion of owl food, William began to quickly check the letter. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the letter, he opened it. After a few glances, he laughed wildly, which made Lupine curious. He looked over to make sure William was under a curse or something.

"I'm fine, come and take a look!"

William waved the letter and smiled extremely happily.

[...After many inquiries, there are not many props related to divination on the market recently. Excluding those buyers with named names, the remaining products sold are...

…

Controllable crystal ball (can be controlled to display the picture you want), 150 Galleons

Floating crystal ball, ninety galleons

Blindfold that does not block vision, sixty-five Galleons

Giant galaxy model, six hundred and fifty galleons

(The above three sets were all bought by the same person)

…

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"this is?"

Lupine glanced at the letter and didn't understand why William was laughing.

"I found someone to help me keep an eye on the recent market, paid him a salary, and assigned a topic for him to investigate every week. Later, I will randomly check some of the black market information to ensure the accuracy of the information."

"That's it..."

Lupine nodded, "Are you still planning to monitor the prices of those important commodities?"

"Yes, that's right."

"But if you act like this, will your salary be enough?"

"salary?"

William looked at Lupine, "This is a market monitoring survey on black magic materials. It is a cooperative project with the Ministry of Magic. There is currently a shortage of employees..."

"..."

Lupine glanced at William, as if he had learned something, but he didn't seem to have learned anything, "But these things for divination?"

"I just want to see what Professor Snape bought," William spread his hands, "He has never even seen a fraudulent divination stall, whether it is from a Muggle or a wizard, and he rashly became a divination professor. Can you still learn how to act professional out of thin air?”

"So he will definitely go to Diagon Alley to secretly find out where the fortune teller's equipment is... and it's unlikely that he would be embarrassed and ask Professor Trelawney for advice, so I kindly helped..."

? ? ?

"Don't be so surprised. It didn't help - it was too late when I learned about it. The few guys I hired who often work as guides in the black market didn't find out who asked about the magic tools used by diviners."

William spread his hands, "That's why I asked someone to look through the previous purchase records, and then asked him to summarize and send them over - and you saw that giant galaxy model, I think you should have heard of it..."

"So, the other items purchased in the same batch are probably also..."

Lupine looked at the marked things and finally understood why William was laughing.

"Are you really afraid that Professor Snape will challenge you for another duel?"

"It's not a big problem -" William shook his head, "It didn't go as expected. As expected, the black market tour guides who showed him the way, the shopkeepers who bought the goods, and the purchased goods should all be properly arranged. ——I found out too late."

As he spoke, he opened another integrated file, "But here, I shouldn't be so passive..."

"What are the black market price records in the United States?"

"Obituary?"

"The Ministry of Magic's record of the number of crimes - how did you get this?"

"It's completely chaotic over there. Galleons are almost omnipotent on the black market now."

William sighed, "The news over there is not good. After discussing with Dumbledore, I planned to set up a more interesting trap here, but now it only has a prototype... I used the divination class to practice my skills... It's a pity that I found out too late."

"Sure enough, something too complicated is not suitable for me."

William put away the records, "However, it will be interesting to see how accurate the results of the follow-up investigation are. I hope Professor Snape has not been deceived too much, and at least he can maintain his image as a fortune teller."

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"There was no on-site inspection of the work...and no points deducted..."

After a divination class, the students' faces were full of confusion.

Professor Snape actually didn't take the opportunity to deduct any points from the house, nor did he add his usual sarcasm - this was simply not like him.

"What evil spell has been cast upon him?"

"I hope the spell lasts longer!"

…

While the students were discussing, Snape changed out of the fortune-teller's clothes that made him extremely uncomfortable, removed the cover of the Dark Mark, and covered it with clothes again - after completing all this, he anxiously took out the textbook Come on, check and fill in the gaps in what you have said in this lesson.

He had been preparing for this class for a week!

"Fortunately nothing went wrong."

He breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to calculate his summer homework based on the textbooks he had reviewed.

"What's going on with this summer assignment? Why did this student predict that he would be injured? According to the calculation in the book, he will really be injured? But he is jumping around! Is there a mistake in the textbook?"